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Dexcom’s Remote Glucose-Monitoring Device Cleared

FDA-Approved Tool Will Enable Blood-Sugar Monitoring for People With Diabetes

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Kate Linebaugh

Oct. 20, 2014 2:10 p.m. ET

Dexcom Inc. said Monday it received regulatory approval for a new tool that will enable partial remote blood-sugar monitoring for people with diabetes.

The Food and Drug Administration approved an accessory cradle to Dexcom’s glucose-monitoring device. Dexcom’s continuous glucose monitor measures blood sugar every five minutes and displays the readings on a nearby receiver the size of a pager that must be within 20 feet of the patient. With the cradle, those readings can be transmitted to apps on smartphones. But because...